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IMPRVEMENT IN SPRING FISH-BOOKS.

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'E0 ALL WHOM IT'MAY CONCERN':

Be it known that l, DANIEL KIDDER, of Franklin, inthe county ol' Merrimack, and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new andimprov'ed Fish-Hooltg and I'do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact'deseription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being' had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The fish-hook embraced 'in the present invention is made fronra single wire, bent atV such an angle that, by

:t clasp arranged thereon, and to which the line is hung, the two hook ends of the wire can be brought' together,

and there be so set that, with a slight pull by a [ish upon the hook, they will be disengaged, and made to spread I apart, either `to a greater or lesser extent, accordingv to the weight or force which may be thus upon them, svheneleyftheynre pnshethiniovthe mouth of the fish, and made to more firmly grasp and embed themnlfires therein;

l In the accompanying plate of drawings my improved fish-hook is illustrated, the figure being a side view t of the same with the hooks opened from each other.

A, in. the drawings, represents my improved fish-hook, 'Lhis fish-hook is made oi" a single piece'ot'lwire,

' B, lwith a hook, C, et each end, eye D at itseentre point, and bent so that the stem or sha-nk portions ryrteach A hook will Cross veach other, as shown in the drawings. F, a clasp, arranged upon, and to slide overT the two lioolc-shanksE. This clasp is at one end of a stern, G, that passes through the eye D ol' the wire ll, nndto its other end has the line secured in any suitable manner.

By sliding the Clasp F down toward the hook en'ds ot' the wire B, 'the two hooks are brought together, the one elongsideof theother, where,.hy the bends of the slianlts E in such wire, the clasp is caused te retainithein,

or Hy apart, which is increased .in greater degree hy but with such a slight hold as to be released with the least pull by alsh. 'lhus theI hooks are set free to swing the weight or forcc exerted upon the hooks 'oy the fish, I

l from the fact that the hook-Shanks, being pulled down through the clasp, cause such clasp te act ilpon the reverse angle of the said Shanks or ste1ns,which, :is is obvious, serves to throw thorn all the further apart,

embedding themselves more fully and strongly in the mouth of the fish.

claim as new, and desirelto secure by Letters Patentother, and held in position by meanl The ish-hook constructed as described, consisting of the single piene of wire B, bent at its centre to forni i the eye hD, slidingupon the stem G, its bent shanks E, (provided at each end with the hooks 0,) crossing each s of the clasp F upon the end of the stein G, all operating as herein set fort-h 'li d. t forthep'l'l-ipose Spel e A DANIEL RIDDER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE L. Samoan, N. H.,SA NB0RN; 

